City of Oswego v. Davis

The opinion of the court was delivered by

DAWSON, J.:

The city of Oswego invokes the original jurisdiction of this court in a petition for a writ of mandamus directing the auditor of state to register certain bonds of that .city to provide payment for the extension and improvement of its municipal water plant.

It is agreed between the parties that the only question involved relates “to the legality and sufficiency of the description of the amount of the bonds to be issued under the ordinance, election proclamation and ballot recited in the plaintiff’s petition.”

The pertinent statute, in part,…